Inside Croydon

Simon Ghebremedhin has been sentenced to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 19 years, for the murder of 26-year-old Marjama Osman in her own home on Frith Street, just off Surrey Street Market, in May last year.

Ghebremedhin, 34, of Streatham High Road, was found guilty by a unanimous jury decision at the Inner London Crown Court earlier this month.

The police described Ghebremedhin as “a devious killer”, after CCTV showed that after stabbing Osman, he had returned inside her house where he wounded himself, in order to claim self-defence.

With Croydon’s Town Hall elections to be held one month today, one mayoral candidate has been ordered to censor her election brochure by party bosses, with MP Reed suspected of being behind move.

EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES

Labour’s candidate for Croydon Mayor, Rowenna Davis, has been ordered by party bosses to remove reference to Israel’s genocide in Gaza from her election manifesto.

The instruction followed a complaint made by one of Labour’s own council election candidates, thought to have been done with the backing of cabinet minister Steve Reed.

PETER GILLMAN sings the praises of local choirs

Streatham Choral does not lack ambition. The 150-strong amateur community choir, which rehearses every Monday at St Leonard’s Church, has hired one of London’s prime concert venues for its next concert.

The choir is to perform Hadyn’s 1798 masterpiece The Creation on April 11 at Cadogan Hall in Chelsea, close to Sloane Square. The hall, the home of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, can seat more than 900 people.

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Streatham Choral returns to Cadogan Hall with a vibrant performance of Joseph Haydn’s The Creation, one of the most joyful and imaginative works in the choral repertoire.

Inspired by Handel’s London performances, this radiant oratorio brings to life the wonder of the natural world through dazzling choruses, lyrical solos and richly coloured orchestration.

Simon Ghebremedhin has been found guilty of the murder of Marjama Osman, who he stabbed in her home on Frith Road in May last year.

Ghebremedhin, 33, of Streatham High Road, was found guilty by a jury at Inner London Crown Court. The police described him as “a devious killer”.

Police and emergency services were called to Frith Road, off Church Street in Croydon town centre, just after 9am on Saturday, May 31 last year, following reports of a stabbing.

BARRATT HOLMES reports on the Croydon Labour councillors who enjoyed a networking night out with the housing minister

Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North if he can ever be bothered), who has previously exhibited an appetite for generous hospitality at football matches, all paid for by the water industry (he was Labour’s lead on environmental matters at the time), has been enjoying curry dinners alongside housing and development lobbyists who happily paid £2,400 per seat.

Streatham and Croydon RFC, one of the oldest rugby clubs in the world, has launched an “emergency appeal” for funds to keep the organisation going.

The club has its own ground on Frant Road in Thornton Heath, but is a victim of the cost of living crisis at a time when its membership numbers are not generating the kind of income required to keep the club’s activities viable.

Streatham and Croydon RFC, one of the oldest rugby clubs in the world, has launched an “emergency appeal” for funds to keep the organisation going.

The club has its own ground on Frant Road in Thornton Heath, but is a victim of the cost of living crisis at a time when its membership numbers are not generating the kind of income required to keep the club’s activities viable.

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T

Streatham Choral returns to Cadogan Hall with a vibrant performance of Joseph Haydn’s The Creation, one of the most joyful and imaginative works in the choral repertoire.

Inspired by Handel’s London performances, this radiant oratorio brings to life the wonder of the natural world through dazzling choruses, lyrical solos and richly coloured orchestration.

C O M M U N I T Y

A D V E R T I S E M E N T

Streatham Choral returns to Cadogan Hall with a vibrant performance of Joseph Haydn’s The Creation, one of the most joyful and imaginative works in the choral repertoire.

Inspired by Handel’s London performances, this radiant oratorio brings to life the wonder of the natural world through dazzling choruses, lyrical solos and richly coloured orchestration.